How we got/lost picks:
+Round 2 - Pick 61 from Antonio Cromartie trade to New York Jets
+Round 3 - Pick 89 from Charlie Whitehurst trade to Seattle Seahawks
-Round 4 - Pick 115 to San Francisco in order to trade up to last years pick #79 and take Donald Butler
-Round 5 - Pick 149 to Philadelphia in order to trade up to last years pick #146 and take Cam Thomas
-Round 7- Pick 220 from Patrick Crayton trade from Dallas Cowboys

Regarding a contest: I'm sorry to say I will not be organizing it this year. But please submit mocks and who you think the Chargers are looking at! That is a ton of fun to look back on and see how right/wrong we were.

But if you guys want a good contest, a funny lockout pun for the draft was something I wanted in the title, but am too unimaginative to come up with.

I will be posting some of my thoughts on the first few rounds, but as I have said, I have a much smaller enthusiasm for the overall draft this year. I'm still excited like crazy for the Chargers picks, but in term of other teams I have little to no idea who they are looking at, the rumors, etc. But I will still watch and enjoy the draft regardless like I'm sure all of you will!

May our pick turn out like this:

(couldn't find any draft pictures of Seau )

And hopefully this class will be the injection of talent and youth the team needs to win the AFC West next year and advance in the playoffs!

(I apologize for not cropping some of the images, just wanted to get the thread up and running!)

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I'm with you JH21. Cam Jordan would be the pick for me. As someone stated (hell, maybe it was you, lol), a trade up to 15 would only cost us our 2nd pick in the 3rd, and we could pick up one of the prospects we like who might be snapped up by J-Ville or the Pats...getting excited...War getting a CBA done sooner rather than later (for all the Jim Rome clones out there...)

Men, may this be the draft that pushes us over the hump. 5 picks in three rounds? A good corner, DE, OLB, WR would be great.

Let's hope for Cam Jordan.

Yeah, ideally we go DE/OLB/WR/CB/OT with our top 5 picks. Maybe squeeze a 3rd running back or backup center into the late 3rd round. I also think ILB should be considered, but that greatly depends on how the staff views Siler and Butler.

Cam Jordan or JJ Watt would be very un-AJ like, he likes the playmakers with his top picks. However, that is the route I think we all expect him to go. I look at our roster right now, and if Weddle and Burnett are kept the only real glaring hole is at DE.

I was reading the thread from last year, and it mentioned correctly we were looking to trade up. That made me think of who usually leaks the info: the Chargers FO looking for a trade partner (although I read they had a deal with the Dolphins a few days prior) or the Dolphins trying to generate more interest in the pick? Just some random little thing I was wondering about.

Sadly I do not have cable for tomorrow, so I encourage everyone to post ESPNs latest rumors if that is the channel you are watching. I will be streaming from nfl.com, so I can give all the NFLN rumors and stuff

I don't think I've ever gone into a draft without any knowledge like this year.

Yeah, the lockout really put a dent in my enthusiasm for the draft. Plus I wasn't able to watch as much college football last season as I would have liked my draft knowledge is pretty minimal this year.

In terms of positions, I think we are all expecting our front 7 to be addressed with two or three early picks, then wide receiver, corner, and an offensive tackle are next priorities. But anything can happen since we don't know how free agency will play out. If the team feels like they can't keep Weddle, then they may take a safety early since they would only have Sanders and Gregory.

The LBCJoined: 12 Jan 2008Posts: 33702Location: Where We Can't Have Nice Things

Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:55 pm Post subject:

MrDrew wrote:

Germanbolt wrote:

Who are the "it"-prospects?

I don't think there really are any. It seems like it's more of a "best this year" thing all over.

I would say Patrick Peterson and to a lesser extent Prince Amukamara are the closest thing to "it"-prospects in this draft, but both will be gone inside of the Top 12, and CB's not so great of a need to us to merit moving up that far.

Next as far as "it" guy go is likely Robert Quinn. Had he played this past season he'd likely be in consideration for the #1 overall - even with Carolina having a compliment of quality DE's already in their stable. Quinn has a ton of potential and all the physical traits you look for - except for perhaps elite quick twitch (his burst is definitely elite but he's been typically among the last on his college line to get off the snap).

And then there's AJ Green (yes, most of this is for Germanbolt's info, since I know 99% of the rest of you know who AJ Green is). He doesn't have the elite measurables that a guy like Calvin Johnson or Larry Fitzgerald have, but he has Fitz's body control and Andre Johnson's hands. That alone with even above-average size/speed (which he does have) is enough to merit a Top 10 selection._________________

Just calling a couple of shots: first, I think we have open connections with Miami per the Mathews trade last year, and I think highest probability would be for us to trade up to #15 if one or both of our guys are still there. Would not cost too much, only one of our #3's and it means we don't have to sweat it with both JVille and the Pats looking at probably the same guys we are...

I also think there is a strong possibility we could move up in the 2nd to grab a guy who falls, with this being such a deep draft, especially on the D side of the ball.

The LBCJoined: 12 Jan 2008Posts: 33702Location: Where We Can't Have Nice Things

Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:12 pm Post subject:

sd screenwriter wrote:

Just calling a couple of shots: first, I think we have open connections with Miami per the Mathews trade last year, and I think highest probability would be for us to trade up to #15 if one or both of our guys are still there. Would not cost too much, only one of our #3's and it means we don't have to sweat it with both JVille and the Pats looking at probably the same guys we are...

I also think there is a strong possibility we could move up in the 2nd to grab a guy who falls, with this being such a deep draft, especially on the D side of the ball.

Will post any rumors or official trades if I see or hear any...

Every indication coming out of New England is that they're not high enough on any of the 5-Techniques to merit trading up for them or taking one at #17. And the Pats usually don't smokescreen a whole lot (I'm pretty sure Belichick thinks it's pretty pointless for as time-consuming as it is). Unless Tampa trades up ahead of us, and even then I'd say that'd be for either Watt, Kerrigan, or Smith, I don't think we're going to have a hard time seeing one of those 5-Techs (Jordan or Watt) falling to us).

Now the question remains whether AJ will see the writing on the wall... or whether Jordan's previous DUI arrest has Watt so high above CJ on AJ's board that he's willing to trade up to get specifically JJ._________________